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SPRUCE GUM

\spɹˈuːs ɡˈʌm], \spɹˈuːs ɡˈʌm], \s_p_ɹ_ˈuː_s ɡ_ˈʌ_m]\

Definitions of SPRUCE GUM

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An exudate from the trunk and branches of Picea mariana, extensively used, flavored in various ways, as a masticatory, or chewing-gum.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The gum of the spruce tree.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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